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Finborough, LondonAthena Stevens' drama about a girl with cerebral palsy and a teacher overstates the message that disability is no bar to ambition, but it's laudable propagandaThis play cha…
Donmar, London Zoë Wanamaker must choose whether to lose her life or her lover in Nick Payne's thought-provoking follow-up to ConstellationsFour years ago Nick Payne shone new light on th…
Duke of York's, London Kit Harington gets his kit off and Jenna Russell sings Bat out of Hell… but no one profits from this deal with the devilEveryone applauds Jamie Lloyd's determination…
Barbican, LondonIvo van Hove takes Henry V, Henry VI and Richard II and mashes them up into a wonderful study of the modern ruling classThe most immediately surprising feature of Kings of Wa…
The Place, LondonLuca Silvestrini's satire on faddish eating is inventive but not quite food for thoughtAnxieties related to eating, diet and restaurant protocol are something of a first-wor…
Tate Britain, London SW1 Pablo Bronstein's trompe l'oeils with dancers invite wry smiles as much as contemplationThree young dancers are preening, twirling and gliding through the marble can…
The PhoneShop star on lions, his gallant loser face and his forthcoming role in Russell T Davies's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's DreamThe comic actor Javone Prince, 35, grew up in west L…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TyneImprobable's adaptation of Lauren Slater's study of psychological experiments doesn't quite make it off the page"Popular science has an element of art, eve…
Last week a Bolshoi dancer confessed to ordering a vicious attack on the company's director. His colleagues aren't convinced. Judith Mackrell reports from St Petersburg on the in-fighting an…
'What are you waiting for? Now is all there is!' George Balanchine's passionate plea to his dancers to be 'in the moment' has been elegantly realised in an exhibition of photographs at Londo…
Top performer who walked from Midnight Express will dance principal role with Stanislavsky Ballet in London"He is a good boy," Vladimir Urin said reassuringly to the dancer normally portraye…
Irina Kolesnikova, who performs at London's Coliseum in August, says dancers should be nurtured, not pushed to the limits A world-renowned Russian prima ballerina has become the latest star …
Stalwart of British theatre and first wife of John OsbornePamela Lane, the first wife of the playwright John Osborne, who has died at the age of 80, outlived all of his subsequent four wives…
The inner turmoil that lurked behind the laughter drove Michael Barrymore to drink, divorce and despair. But, as he tells Chrissy Iley, he's back, he thinks, from the brinkI read Michael Bar…
' 1970s DPP files reveal Derek and Clive furore' Police wanted comics prosecuted for obscenityIt started out as a private joke between Peter Cook and Dudley Moore but within a few years no f…
30 April 1895: The honours of the evening were taken by Mr. Arthur Jefferson, who happened to be young Stan Laurel's father.Margaret 'Madge' Metcalfe and Arthur Jefferson were followed into …
Actor best known for his deadpan role in the holiday camp comedy Hi-de-Hi!The actor Barry Howard, who has died of cancer aged 78, was best known to TV viewers for his role in the BBC sitcom …
Breakin' Convention | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Of Taiwan: Songs Of The Wanderers | The Royal Ballet: FrankensteinThe UK's leading hip-hop theatre festival returns. Hosted, as always, by the …
Boy | Right Now | Kings Of War | The Brink | The FatherYou wouldn't exactly describe Leo Butler's play as an enjoyable watch. But it is an utterly compelling 70 minutes. Deprived teen Liam h…
From Eddie Murphy to illiterate hecklers, the comedian reveals the things that make him laugh the mostEddie Murphy Raw. It displayed his immense talent for impressions, had simple but hilari…
As the Broadway star Fanny Brice, famously played by Barbra Streisand, Smith draws cheers, tears and gets a laugh out of every single lineIn the queue for the ladies at the Savoy theatre, se…
The Space, LondonGotthold Ephraim Lessing's European drama, given an admirable revival at this fringe theatre, is an assured attack on unfettered princely powerThis 1772 tragedy by Gotthold …
As Howard Brenton's play about TE Lawrence opens in London, William Boyd discovers that the truth about this complicated man is more elusive and interesting than the Hollywood mythDavid Lean…
From Catch 22 to overenthusiastic chefs, the comedian reveals the things that make him laugh the mostProbably Eddie Pepitone's show at the 2012 fringe. He was so raw and funny and angry and …
Two-time Helpmann award winner had a 25 year career with the acclaimed dance company Bangarra and composed music for television and filmDavid Page, the award-winning music director of Sydney…
